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故弄玄虛 (gu3 lung6 jyun4 heoi1) — make things more complicated and mysterious than they are in Cantonese

gu˗₃故lungˍ₆弄jyunˎ₄玄heoiˉ¹虛
简 故弄玄虚
Mandarin Pinyin: gu4 nung4 xuan2 xu1

Meaning of 故弄玄虛

nounmake things more complicated and mysterious than they are

Characters in 故弄玄虛

故gu3
therefore; hence; so; consequently
弄lung6
make fun of; mock
玄jyun4
far and obscure; occult; mystic
虛heoi1
empty; hollow; void; unoccupied

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